Country Investment Manager

Description

Enterprise Impacts Growth Limited is the country manager for Missio Invest in Ghana.

Objectives

• Evaluation of Investment Candidates.
• Conducts feasibility and market studies for identified pipeline clients using following guidelines: staffing requirements, review of past audited financials, Investment schedules, revenue stream analysis using input & output, project cost break-down and financing plan, Break-even analysis, working capital schedules, Depreciation, Amortization, and Insurance schedules,  discounted cash-flow analysis using NPV and IRR, Projected cash flow analysis to establish EBITDA, Risk assessment using sensitivity analysis based on revenue, Costs and Expenses Scenarios, Projected Income Statement, Projected balance sheet, Funds Flow Statement, Debt Service Coverage, Market and Industry Considerations, Technical considerations, Environmental and social impact assessment etc.
• Collaborate with MISSIO management to establish investment criteria and to refine the loan evaluation and underwriting processes.
• Review investment candidates’ business plans and shortlist viable projects.
• Visit shortlisted farms to assess agricultural and financial feasibility as well as management and operational competencies.
• Provide detailed feedback to farm managers as well as MISSIO, including recommendations for project development and technical assistance as needed.
• Prepare project assessment reports providing recommendations on projects’ loan worthiness as well as investment structures and terms.
• Portfolio Management
• Visit current investees in Ghana, review financials and other reports to assess project status, risks, likelihood of timely loan repayment.
• Provide recommendations on problem solving, risk mitigation, and project development; work with farm managers to implement recommendations.
• Provide recommendations on investment restructuring as needed.
• Synthesize best practices and lessons learned from investee successes and failures; summarize these findings for MISSIO and promote sharing of best practices among investees and investment candidates.
• Establishing Procedures for Monitoring & Evaluation of Investees.
• Collaborate with MISSIO’s Portfolio Management Team to assess current financial and social impact record keeping and reporting capabilities among investees; identify gaps and develop solutions to address these gaps.
• Collaborate with the Portfolio Management Team to develop processes for obtaining monthly financial and quarterly social impact reports.
• Contribute to the creation of reporting templates that can be utilized by loan recipients.
• Collaborate with the Portfolio Management Team to create an implementation plan for rolling out quarterly reporting procedures among investees, as well as for explaining reporting protocols to future investees.
• Provide general advisory and recommendations for MISSIO on investment candidates’ skills gaps, technical assistance needs, project-specific or portfolio-level risks, or other topics as appropriate.

Results

• Generate Investment portfolio for client on monthly basis.
• Monitor and recover investment portfolio.
• Support Missio in the tracking of impact on the portfolio.

Provide regular in-country update to head office.